President Bush carries an axe as he helps volunteers work on the trail during a snowfall near Wilmington, N.Y. April 22. (AP/WWP)

President Bush, in remarks delivered April 22 to celebrate Earth Day, said it is the duty of Americans and the U.S. government to make sure the land is preserved, the air is clean, the water is pure, and the parks are open and well preserved.

Speaking in Whiteface Mountain Lodge in Wilmington, New York, following a visit to a nearby state park in the Adirondack mountains, Bush said he believes that -- 32 years after the first Earth Day -- America understands this obligation much more so than in years past.

The president said the federal government also has a big responsibility for improving the environment, and called on Congress to pass his administration's new Clear Skies legislation, which he said will do more than ever before to reduce emissions of smog and mercury from the nation's power plants.
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Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson said the United States and Saudi Arabia have shared interests in the stability and reliability of the international oil market.

In a speech to a conference hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation, Inc., and the US-Saudi Arabian Business Council in Washington April 22, Larson outlined the steps that Saudi Arabia and the United States have taken to improve the stability and reliability of the global oil market, as called for in the U.S. National Energy Policy report which was issued in 2001. Complete Text